Meet Our Speaker

Dr Justin Coulson is the co-host and parenting expert on Channel 9's Parental Guidance, the founder of happyfamilies.com.au, and one of Australia’s most trusted parenting experts. He holds a PhD in Positive Psychology.

Over the past decade he has helped innumerable families with his nine books about raising children, his hundreds of media appearances (including all of Australia’s major news outlets, and the Washington Post and New York Times) and two viral videos that have been viewed a combined 80 million times!

Justin and his wife Kylie have been married since the late 1990s and are the parents of six daughters.

The Topic

We’ve all heard the news. A former Sydney schoolgirl. A petition. Literally thousands of stories of sexual assault. Non-consensual sexual encounters that are claimed to be common-place occurrences at parties for teens.

And our kids think it’s normal. They think it’s just how things are.

How are we supposed to talk to our children — our teenagers — about consent, respect, alcohol and other drugs, staying safe and all of the risks they face? Between us not knowing what to say, or when or how to say it, and our kids not willing to hear it, we’re in a tough spot. But we have to have the conversations. We must. So where do we start?

Dr Justin Coulson has put together a presentation designed specifically for parents of high school students. In this session, you’ll hear:

• What teenagers are getting up to in terms of alcohol, drugs, pornography, and sex
• Why they think they know everything (and why it’s so hard to teach them anything)
• Simple ways to have the conversations your teenager needs to have in a way that invites them to want to listen
• The critical things every parent must do to reduce the risk that their child will be either a perpetrator or a victim of non-consensual sexual activity (assault)

Event Details

Join Justin at 6:45 pm on Wednesday 7 August, in the Dron Auditorium, St Peters Performing Arts Centre. 

Tickets are just $5.00 and all proceeds from the symposium will be donated to charity.